Chords for I'd Rather Be Dead (Than Be With You)

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Are you _ looking over [Em] your shoulder?
_ Treading [Am] carefully, _ _ _ [Em] your steps more and more? _
[Am] You showed me what this world can [Em] _ do. _ _
[Am] The sheer luck of something [Em] so _ pure.
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[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead _ [Am] than be with you. _ _
[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead [Am] than be with you. _
As your conscience _ rises [Em] _ religiously, _ _
[Am] Unexplicable recess, _ your eyes [Em] flood with morally. _ _
[Am] You let the sky fire from [Em] blue. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Remember I could be someday [Em] under the _ skyline.
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[Dm] I'd rather be dead _ [Am] than be with you. _
[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead _ [Am] than be with you. _
[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead _ [Am] than be with you. _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _
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_ Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sometime soon.
Perhaps you're watching TV, going for a walk in the park,
[Em] Drinking tea, daydreaming, reading magazines,
[Am] Counting your spoons, talking on the phone, putting your makeup on [Em] or looking for something new. _
[Am] Swallowing the old and pouring the red shoes for blue,
Or any [Em] other distraction you normally do, my voice will catch [Am] up, bringing you little news.
Cause somewhere in summertime, [Em] I huffed and I puffed and I blew. _
[F] I'd rather be dead [Dm] _ _
[Am] than be with you. _ _
[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead _ [Am] than be with you. _ _
[F] I'd rather be [Dm] dead _ [Am] than be with you. _ _
[F] I'd rather be dead _
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Everybody's departing for something, [Am] _ _
going for A to B,
Taking something with them, leaving something behind.
[G] A journey somewhere, moving towards something, _ moving away from something. _ _ _
_ _ _ Everybody's carrying something with them. _ _ _
Sometimes it's good just to let it go. _ _
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